Alesis QS8.2 - Manual

Alesis QS8.2

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Table Of Contents
  • Page 5 – Table of Contents
  • Page 7 – Introduction
  • Page 8 – Unpacking and Inspection; bold
  • Page 9 – Safety symbols used in this product
  • Page 10 – Important Safety Instructions; Instructions de Sécurité Importantes (French); Symboles utilisés dans ce produit
  • Page 11 – Lesen Sie bitte die folgende Sicherheitshinweise (German); Sicherheit Symbole verwendet in diesem Produkt
  • Page 12 – CE Declaration Of Conformity
  • Page 13 – Connections; Connecting AC Power; Mono; Connecting the Foot Pedals
  • Page 15 – First Session; Playing the Demos; Programs; Finding Programs
  • Page 16 – Mix; Changing the Programs in a Mix
  • Page 19 – Overview; The Front Panel Controls
  • Page 20 – The Play Modes; Program Mode
  • Page 21 – The Edit Modes; Program Edit Mode
  • Page 22 – Global and Store Modes; Global Mode; Special Editing Features; Compare
  • Page 23 – Expansion Cards; PCMCIA Expansion Cards; QCards; Playing Card Sounds
  • Page 27 – MIDI; MIDI Connections; Controller
  • Page 28 – Slave; Slave with pass-through; Sequencing
  • Page 29 – sequencer; Changing the MIDI Channel
  • Page 30 – To send a single Program via MIDI:; Loading Programs and Mixes Via MIDI
  • Page 31 – Global Parameters; What are the Global Parameters?; The Global Pages; Setting the Master Pitch; Fine Tuning; Picking the Keyboard Velocity Curve
  • Page 32 – WEIGHT; Setting the Keyboard Velocity Scaling; Norm
  • Page 33 – ON; Setting the A-D Controller MIDI Numbers; OFF
  • Page 35 – Editing Programs; QS Composite SynthesisTM; samples; The Voice; Voice; Lowpass Filter; lowpass filter; Amplifier; amplifier; The Four Sound Layers of a Program; Sound
  • Page 36 – modulation; Envelopes; envelope
  • Page 37 – The Effects Section; Editing a Program
  • Page 38 – Page
  • Page 39 – Group
  • Page 40 – Setting the Sound Volume; Adjusting the Panning
  • Page 41 – MAIN; Setting the FX Send Level; NOR
  • Page 42 – EQU; Setting the Pitch Wheel Bend Amount
  • Page 43 – EXPON; Setting the Portamento Glide Time; MONO; Setting the Filter Frequency
  • Page 44 – Setting Velocity Filter Tracking
  • Page 45 – LINEAR; Setting the Aftertouch Volume Depth
  • Page 48 – Setting the Envelope Delay Time; HOLD; Setting the Envelope Sustain Decay Time; NORMAL
  • Page 49 – Activating the Sustain Pedal
  • Page 51 – Modulations; The Mod Routes; Mod Route; Hard Wired Mod Routes
  • Page 52 – Editing the Mod Routes; Choosing the Mod Source
  • Page 54 – Turning On Quantization; Setting LFO Parameters
  • Page 55 – Setting the LFO Speed; Trigger
  • Page 56 – Setting the LFO Level; Tracking Generator
  • Page 59 – Editing Drum Kits; Drum Mode; Editing in Drum Mode
  • Page 61 – Setting the Drum Effects Send Level
  • Page 62 – VelCrv (see choices in “Editing Programs”
  • Page 63 – Mute Groups
  • Page 65 – Editing Mixes; Mix Editing; Changing the Programs Within a Mix
  • Page 66 – The Mix Edit Pages; Enabling a Mix Channel
  • Page 67 – Selecting the Mix Channel Effects Send; PROG; Shifting the Mix Channel Pitch by Octaves
  • Page 68 – Setting Which Program’s Effects Will be Used
  • Page 69 – Enabling MIDI for the Wheels; Enabling MIDI for the Sustain Pedal
  • Page 71 – Editing Effects; QS Parallel Matrix EffectsTM; Setting the Send Levels
  • Page 73 – The Effects Edit Pages; The Configuration Function [40 CONFIGURATION]; Configuration
  • Page 81 – Setting the Lezlie Speed; Chorus
  • Page 82 – Stereo Chorus; Adjusting the Pitch Effect Input Level in 2
  • Page 83 – INVERT
  • Page 85 – Setting the Delay Time; Setting the Delay Feedback Amount
  • Page 86 – Selecting the Reverb Input 2 Source; SEND IN; Setting the Reverb Input Balance; Setting the Reverb Input Level
  • Page 89 – 0 or 13 (12 if Gated or Reverse type); Setting the Reverb Diffusion; 1 or 14 (13 if Gated or Reverse type); Selecting the Overdrive Type; SOFT; Setting the Hard Overdrive Threshold
  • Page 91 – Frequently Asked Questions
  • Page 93 – Sound Bridge; Using Sound BridgeTM to Create Your Own
  • Page 95 – MIDI Supplement; Sending and Receiving Bank Select Messages; Mix Program Select Mode
  • Page 96 – Transmitting MIDI Volume and Panning
  • Page 98 – Function; General MIDI; MIDI Registered Parameter 0
  • Page 99 – Troubleshooting
  • Page 101 – Specifications; Sound Generation Method:
  • Page 103 – Index
  • Page 105 – Warranty / Contact Alesis; Alesis Limited Warranty
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Summary

Page 3 - Table Of Contents

Table Of Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................5 Important Safety Instructions ........................7 Chapter 1: Connections.....................................11 Chapter 2: First Session....................................13 Playing the Demos .............

Page 5 - Table of Contents

Table of Contents 3 Configuration 2: 2 REVERBS..............................................................73 Configuration 3: LEZLIE+REVERB ...............................................74 Configuration 4: 1 REVERB+EQ ......................................................75 Configuration 5: OVERD...

Page 7 - Introduction

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